Here is the announcement via their blog. Makes sense for them to do (as other blog platforms ought to as well). Files are files, bits are bits, whether pictures or .mp3/.aac files.
Interesting that they're not bothering to add .wma or ogg support. OTOH, I doubt these formats will be big with podcasting until Microsoft adds native support for podcasting in the next rev of WMP, which I bet the Building 50 folks have in the cards (I don't have any inside info on this though). MP3 will continue to dominate podcasting especially since so much podcast content is spoken word mitigating the quality/bitrate efficiences that .wma/.aac bring to the table, especially compared to the benefits of the universality of .mp3.
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